Credit Risk Analyst

Yamaha has an excellent opportunity for a Credit Risk Analyst to join our team in Cypress, CA or Marietta, GA. In this role, the Credit Risk Analyst will be responsible for developing a strong Global GRC framework and Enterprise-Wide / Integrated Risk Management approach, including Credit, Counterparty, & Model Risks. The incumbent will collaborate with various business units across different region and foster the global GRC community.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assess and monitor the organization and the BU credit, counterparty, and model risks management processes, including risk assessment and risk measurement.
• Collaborate in risk mitigation strategies such as setting credit line limits, reserve requirements and collateral requirements, stress testing, among others.
• Ensures the organization´s credit, counterparty, and model risks management policies, limits, and strategies are following applicable regulations, and strategic imperatives of the organization (when applicable to the YMFC, assess BUs).
• Evaluate aggregated or individual basis credit portfolio risk, when necessary. Assess model robustness, and reproducibility, including back testing activities (if required).
• Provide advice, challenge, and support to business units to drive proactive and effective financial risk management. Provide best practices on risk scenarios analysis, governance of models (i.e. credit scoring, provision, collection, etc.).
• Liaise with other risk overseers to integrate the risks and enhance the risk, internal control and compliance program and system.
• Support the definition of KRIs, and monitor trends, incidents, and breaches. Define local action plans, and support and follow-up region’s countermeasures.
• Define and monitor the execution of the regions’ internal control monitoring plan (ICMP) for credit, counterparty, and model risks. Undertake the organization’s FR-ICMP (if applicable). Monitor local and challenge the region’s action plan effectiveness and progress for failed controls. 
• Develop periodic and ad hoc reporting of the financial risk exposure, as well as related losses and issues. Liaise with regulatory authorities, internal and external audits.
• Analyze financial statements, credit reports and other relevant information data to assess credit & counterparty risk, when needed.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative disciplines (i.e.: economics, engineering, statistic, actuarial, or mathematics required.
• Financial Risk Manager Certification (FRM) and / or Professional Risk Manager (PRM) preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in banking and financial services, with significant direct exposure to analytics and modeling applied to enterprise risk management with emphasis on liquidity and market risk required.
• 8+ years of experience in one or more of following: Credit, Counterparty and Model risk management.
• Experience in developing or analyzing outputs of Expected Credit Loss models/PD/EAD/LGD.
• Knowledge and experience in local and international regulations regarding provisions, counterparty, and Credit Risk management.
• Coding skills (SQL, Python, R or other similar programming languages) are a plus.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and underrepresented minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Yamaha, we understand that talent comes in various forms, as such we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.  If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

The pay range for this position is $102,680 to $116,817. Yamaha intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related experience. Base pay is part of Yamaha’s Total Reward program, our Talent Acquisition Team will share more details as candidates progress.    

What’s in it for you:

• 401(k) and Profit Sharing
• Fertility Benefits
• 37.5-hour workweek
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Short-Term Disability Coverage (for hourly roles)
• Long-Term Disability
• Student Debt Repayment Benefits
• Ability to borrow Yamaha product

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.